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Audubon’s ‘Extreme Birdwatching’ program features Wells native
10+ mon, 6+ day ago (423+ words) York County Audubon will host Scott McNeff for a program on falconry and birds of prey at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Wells Reserve at Laudholm. McNeff is a Wells native. (Courtesy of York County Audubon) " data-medium-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/11/McNeff-DSC_0242-1.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/11/McNeff-DSC_0242-1.jpg?w=780" />Scott McNeff…...
The world’s oldest chicken lives in Portland. Her name is Gertie.
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (613+ words) From her makeshift crate in the living room, Gertie perks up whenever she hears bebop jazz and responds when her name is called. Her owner, Frank Turek, 63, moved her inside his Grant Street home a couple years ago when the…...
Brunswick Rotary Club presents Phillips Award to conservationist
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (272+ words) Brunswick conservationist Jym St. Pierre has been named the sixth recipient of the Brunswick Rotary Club’s annual Walter H. “Doc” Phillips Memorial Award, named for a late Harpswell volunteer. The club presented the award Oct. 16 during a ceremony at the…...
Dar Williams travels to Maine on the ‘Hummingbird Highway’
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (388+ words) You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. An error has occurred. Please try again... You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can…...
Where are the songbirds? As climate shifts, Acadia’s forests are getting quieter
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (965+ words) The morning chorus of songbirds at Acadia National Park is losing some of its well-known voices. New research suggests the park’s forests have grown quieter over the last half-century, in part because of a fast-warming climate. The once common flute-like…...
90-year-old Maine conservationist honored for life’s work
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (674+ words) Richard “Dick” Anderson pointed to Scarborough Marsh on the wooden topographical map of the town. “We were making sure it was enjoyed by the public,” he said. He ran his finger along the ridge of the waterway, the wood dyed…...
Eagles abound during Sebasticook River canoe trip | Column
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (319+ words) The removal of Sebasticook River dams has changed the character of this river....
Growing up with Yellow, Litchfield’s pizza-eating goose of vast age
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (810+ words) Come May, Chelsey Rae Hill will celebrate the 28th birthday of her most cherished childhood friend. There will be pizza, there will be watermelon and there will be reminiscing aplenty. It doesn’t sound sound so exotic, maybe, until you learn that…...
What a Maine researcher has learned studying woodchucks for nearly 3 decades
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (930+ words) Since 1998, University of Southern Maine professor Chris Maher has tagged over 600 woodchucks at Falmouth's Gilsland Farm, tracking their behavior and genealogy....
Interested in bird watching in Maine? Join the flock
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (610+ words) FALMOUTH — Chloe Hoffman of Portland put her yellow binoculars to her eyes and beamed. “I can’t believe that flycatcher is still there —” she said, and groaned as the bird took flight. Then, it flitted to a higher branch on a…...